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UT Austin rankings for 2027

Overall and for business, engineering, computer science, and nursing

Where does UT Austin rank overall?

U.S. News ranks UT Austin No. 34 among national universities and No. 8 among public ones for 2027. It’s No. 1 among public universities in Texas. Times Higher Education ranks UT tied No. 53 in the world for 2027, and Forbes ranks it No. 42 in the U.S. for 2027.

U.S. News ranked 37 UT undergraduate programs for 2027, and 20 of them are in the top 10.

How is the McCombs School of Business ranked?

McCombs School of Business

U.S. News ranks McCombs No. 6 for undergraduate business in 2027, and its MBA No. 18 in 2026.

RankingRankYear
Undergraduate business (U.S. News, via UT News)No. 62027
MBA (U.S. News, via UT News)No. 182026
Business and economics (Times Higher Education, in the world)No. 502026

Every McCombs rank, by programOur McCombs guide

How is UT Austin engineering ranked?

Cockrell School of Engineering

U.S. News ranks the Cockrell School No. 11 for undergraduate engineering in 2027 and No. 6 for graduate engineering in 2026.

RankingRankYear
Undergraduate engineering (U.S. News, via UT News)No. 112027
Graduate engineering (U.S. News, via UT News)No. 62026
Engineering (Times Higher Education, in the world)No. 282026
Engineering specialtiesU.S. News 2027
  • Petroleum engineeringNo. 1
  • Chemical engineeringNo. 4
  • Civil engineeringNo. 4
  • Software engineeringNo. 7
  • Computer engineeringNo. 8
  • Aerospace engineeringNo. 9
  • Electrical engineeringNo. 9
  • Mechanical engineeringNo. 10

UT News, September 22, 2026

How is computer science at UT Austin ranked?

Department of Computer Science

U.S. News ranks UT’s undergraduate computer science No. 11 for 2027 and its graduate program No. 10 for 2026.

RankingRankYear
Undergraduate computer science (U.S. News, via UT Computer Science)No. 112027
Graduate computer science (U.S. News, via UT Computer Science)No. 102026
Computer science (Times Higher Education, in the world)No. 302026
Computer science specialtiesU.S. News 2027
  • Artificial intelligenceNo. 10
  • Computer systemsNo. 11
  • Programming languagesNo. 12
  • CybersecurityNo. 13

UT Computer Science’s about page

How is UT Austin nursing ranked?

School of Nursing

U.S. News ranks UT’s nursing bachelor’s program tied No. 27 for 2027 and its master’s program No. 18 for 2026.

RankingRankYear
Bachelor’s in nursing (BSN) (U.S. News, via UT Nursing)No. 27 (tie)2027
Master’s in nursing (U.S. News, via UT Nursing)No. 182026
What it means for youYour major

A program’s rank doesn’t change your odds of getting in. UT admits you to a major, so check how competitive yours is before you count on McCombs or Cockrell.

UT Austin acceptance rateFall 2027 application datesChanging majors at UT

Rankings we couldn’t checkQS, WSJ, Niche

We couldn’t read UT’s rank from QS World University Rankings, The Wall Street Journal’s Best Colleges, or Niche on November 11, 2026, so they aren’t listed here. Look UT up on their sites.

SourcesPublishers and UT

Times Higher Education and Forbes ranks come from their own UT Austin pages. U.S. News ranks are as UT reports them on its admissions, news and department pages. We checked every page on November 11, 2026.

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